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Patent GB-189727627-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatically Disengaging Safety Coupling for Shafts.
Inventor: MARGULIES JESAIAS
Filed: 1897-11-24
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 27,627. Margulies, J., and Gier, G. Nov. 24. Clutches. -The toothed disc c fixed on the driving-shaft a drives the disc e, fixed on the driven shaft b, by means of a series of dogs d pivoted on the disc e. A brake-wheel g mounted on the boss of the disc e is formed with a series of inclined slots h with which engage pins i on the dogs d ; when the brake-wheel is retarded, the dogs are lifted out of contact with the teeth and the driving ceases. The brake band is operated by a weighted lever l held up by a catch. A wire extends from the catch along the shaft, so that, in the event of a person being carried around by the shaft and coming into contact with the wire, the brake is actuated and the rotation arrested. The brake-wheel tends to return to the normal position in virtue of a spiral spring n connecting it to a cap m fixed on the boss of the disc e, but it is locked automatically in the out of gear position by means of a spring catch o. To avoid jar in throwing the clutch into engagement, the transmission is commenced by frictional action between a grooved rim on the disc e and a series of segments v on a steel band w. This is expanded by elliptical pins on levers x engaging with a brake-wheel s mounted on the boss of the disc c and connected thereto by a spiral spring r.
Patent GB-189728093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pianofortes.
Inventor: NOBLE JOHN
Filed: 1897-11-29
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 28,093. Noble, J., and Bennett, F. R. Nov. 29. Pianofortes.- The tuning-pins c are on the top of the wrest-plank a, and pass over metal strips o. Alternate strings are disposed on opposite sides of the wrest plank, those on the one side passing through a hole l in the supporting- plate e, and those on the other underneath a pressure bar g. In a modification, the bar g is on a support separate from the plate e. The plate e, and the brackets d which connect it to the wrest-plank, are preferably encased in wood shown at i.
Patent GB-189801649-A (GB)
Inventor: SCHILLER ADOLF
Filed: 1898-01-21
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 1649. Schiller, A. Jan. 21. Stopper-keys; jars etc.; stoppers.-Relates to an appliance for facilitating the opening of preserve jars &c. which are closed by spring caps or covers. The appliance consists of two wire bows or loops a, b, having pivot ends a', b<1> respectively, the ends b<1> of the bow b being pivoted in the eyes o in the bow a. In use, the ends a' are introduced into an eye v formed on a tongue F on the cover D, and the bow b is supported, as shown in Fig. 2, on a flange &c. R formed on the vessel. Then the bow a is pressed downward, and, acting as a lever, raises the cover. The bow b normally lies within the bow a, and both fit closely against the side of the vessel, so as not to interfere with the packing &c. of the latter.
Patent GB-189802705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brazeless Joints for the Tubular Junctions of the Frames and other Parts of Velocipedes and Motor and other Carriages.
Inventor: PUGH JOHN VERNON
Filed: 1898-02-02
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 2705. Pugh, J. V., and Pedley, H. I. Feb. 2. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to brazeless joints for motor and other carriages whereby the parts may be easily secured and detached for purposes of repair, transit, &c. Figs. 1 and 3 show the top-lug joint of a bicycle. The end of the tube b which is inserted within the socket a is provided with a slot b<1>, and a split liner or expander c is placed inside the tube b. The edges of the opening in the liner c are bevelled, and a bolt d, passing through the liner, tube, and socket, is provided with a head d<1> having bevelled edges to engage the edges of the opening. By means of the nut d<2> the bolt may be drawn outwards and the liner c expanded so as to jam the tube within the socket. In a modification, the edges of the liner opening are bent inwards so as to receive the head of the bolt, by means of which they are flattened out, and so cause the liner to expand. In another form, either the liner or the tube itself may be formed with a corrugation, by the flattening of which the required expansion may be obtained.
Patent GB-189803945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Stuffing Mattresses and the like.
Inventor: WHITE CHARLES WILLIS
Filed: 1898-02-17
Granted: 1899-05-17
Abstract: 3945. White, C. W. Feb. 17. Mattresses; pillows.-Relates to a machine for stuffing mattresses and pillows. The cotton or other fibrous material is fed by hand, or by connection with a cotton cleaner &c., into a box A containing an opening-roller v, and having a perforated top, an adjustable side and back, and a floor formed of an endless apron C. Sufficient material having been placed in the box, the material is compressed between the endless aprons C, K<11> and forced by them through the adjustable tick-holder S into a tick attached thereto. The apron K<11> is carried by a pivoted and weighted frame P, and can be turned, by means of the cord 5R, into the vertical position, and raised by a rack and pinion arrangement U, U<1> into the position shown in dotted lines to allow for the filling of the box &c. Between the aprons C, K<11> are two lattices 3R, 2R, of which the first rests upon the apron C and the second is raised and lowered with the apron K<11>. They are both connected by cords with suitable winding-drums. In operation, the material is compressed between the lattices, and the latter move with the material into the tick and are subsequently withdrawn therefrom by means of the winding-drums. The completed mattress may be passed through the apparatus if desired.
Patent GB-189804868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms.
Inventor: WEVER FRITZ
Filed: 1898-02-28
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 4868. Wever, F., and Seel, C. Feb. 28. Loom breast beams; reeds; lays; healds and leashes; beat-up motions; shuttle races; picking- motions.-For producing irregularly-shaped fabrics for corsets &c., the breast beam H, the bottom stay of the reed G, the line of mails of the healds F, and a bar just above the breast beam, are all made of the desired configuration. The reed is mounted on brackets, which slide upon rods at each side of the loom, and it beats up against the above-mentioned bar. The shuttle race is formed of two fixed side parts P and a movable central part P' for forming a clean shed, and the shuttle is thrown by curved levers c, mounted upon a bolt a and actuated by arms Z and spring rods X from volute cams W at each side.
Patent GB-189805663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Conductors for Protecting Electric Wires and Cables.
Inventor: MIDDLETON PETER CHARLES
Filed: 1898-03-08
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 5663. Middleton, P. C., and Higgins, F. March 8. Conduits; junction boxes. - Relates to joining lengths of metal tubular conduits together and to angles, T-pieces, and junction boxes. In the case of fitting tubes together, the end of one tube a is reduced externally and the end of the other tube b is bored out to receive the end of the tube a. A sleeve with a central contracted portion may also be used to receive the ends of the tubes. In the case of angles, T's, and junction boxes, the ends of the branches or projecting lugs are bored out to receive the tubes a, b<1>, b<2>, Fig. 5, and to form internal shoulders e<1>. The T-pieces may be formed in longitudinal sections held together by clips.
Patent GB-189806243-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Square and Protractor.
Inventor: ROONEY JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1898-03-14
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 6243. Rooney, J. A. March 14. Squares; protractors.- A protractor B is fixed to a head A which is made i two disconnectible parts. When the instrument is used as a protractor, the lower part is removed so that the instrument can lie flat on the paper. A graduated blade C is hinged to the head by a hollow pivot c, and can be clamped at D at any required angle. The blade may have one edge radial, or it may be slotted and one edge of the slot may be radial.
Patent GB-189808573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Appliances for Coupling a Trace or Tug to the Extremity of a Whiffletree.
Inventor: LACK FINIS EWING
Filed: 1898-04-12
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 8573. Lack, F. E., Friedman, G. J. L., and Paxton, W. F. April 12. Hooks for traces. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the fastening, the dotted lines showing the open position. The trace is fastened at 12 to the hook 6, the shank of which slides in a notch at 4 and beneath a cross-bar 3, and terminates in a T head 10 resting against the cross-bar, which is formed in a piece with the ferrule 1 firmly fixed to the whipple-tree 2. The point 8 of the hook enters a recess in the rear of the ferrule.
Patent GB-189815151-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for the Sterilisation of Liquids by Means of Ozone.
Inventor: OTTO MARIUS
Filed: 1898-07-09
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 15,151. Otto, M. July 9. MedicinaL preparations, sterilizing. Relates to apparatus for sterilizing water and other liquids, including pharmaceutical preparations, by means of ozone. The liquid and the vessel which is to contain it are simultaneously sterilized, either by introducing a current of ozone into the vessel previously filled with the liquid, or by causing an " emulsion " of the liquid with ozone to enter the vessel. Fig. 1 shows an apparatus for carrying out the process in the latter way. The bottles V and p are carried into and out of a glazed bottling-chamber by means of an endless band t, driven by suitable gearing. Each bottle is placed by the operator on a stand S the stem r of which can be held at any desired height by a lever d actuated by a pedal P. The liquid is impregnated with ozone in a device t<1> similar to an injector (shown separately in Fig. 3). Cocks E<1> and O<1>, which regulate the supply of liquid and ozone respectively, are actuated by a lever L, and this lever at the same time actuates the rod N which forces the cork into the neck of the bottle. During the process, the atmosphere of the chamber is strongly impregnated with ozone.
Patent GB-189820534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Heaters.
Inventor: MCCARTNEY JAMES
Filed: 1898-09-28
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 20,534. McCartney, J. Sept. 28. Gas stoves.-Comprises apparatus for heating water, which can be used either separately, or in conjunction with a condenser so as jointly with it to form a distilling-apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a form of the invention in which heating and condensing chambers are seen in vertical section. The form of heater shown has a gas inlet V and an air inlet T, a mixing-chamber S, with deflecting-hood R mounted within, and a grate bar, above which the gas burns, having conical openings. It is provided with a closed bottom. A damper U regulates the amount of air admitted to the mixing-chamber.
Patent GB-189820666-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Gyroscopes or Gyroscopic Steering Mechanism for Torpedoes.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JOHN
Filed: 1898-09-30
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 20,666. Whitehead, J. Sept. 30. Gyroscopic apparatus. -Relates to gyroscopic steering-mechanism for torpedoes and for other purposes, of the kind described in Specification No. 22,296, A.D. 1894, and consists in providing the flywheel R with ball bearings t, the bearing- blocks T being locked to the ring q by clamping- screws v.
Patent GB-189900195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for Rotating Shafts and in Means for Transmitting Motion to or from such Shafts.
Inventor: SCHROETER JOHAN FREDERIK
Filed: 1899-01-04
Granted: 1900-01-04
Abstract: 195. Schroeter, J. F. Jan. 4. Steam &c. turbines.-Relates to bearings for shafts &c. having a high velocity, and to means for transmitting motion to or from such shafts. The apparatus may be used for reducing speed, in the case of a steam turbine, for example. Fig. 3 shows a form of bearing suitable for the neck bearing of a centrifugal machine. The shaft b<2> has mounted upon it a cone c' against which discs a', a<5> bear. Attached to these discs are smaller discs k<1>, k<2>, which run on a track e formed on the casing e<3>. . The spindles f, on which the discs are mounted, run in bearings h on the funnel-shaped intermediate piece i<4>. This intermediate piece i<4> may be suitably driven, in which case motion is transmitted to the shaft b', which revolves at a high speed. In a simpler form of bearing, the discs k<1>, k<2> are omitted, and the discs a<5> themselves bear on a track on the casing. In some cases the discs are not inclined so as to support the spindle, but are mounted in a horizontal plane. The central shaft may then be supported on a ball footstep bearing, and the intermediate piece may also be supported by a ball bearing. In a further modification, the spindles f are mounted in fixed bearings, and motion is communicated to the central shaft by driving one or more of them. In order that the discs may bear equally on the shaft, a bolt or ring may be placed around them or around pulleys mounted upon them. If the friction between the parts is insufficient, the spindle or cone, wheels, and track may be toothed. The construction of the bearing enables rubber or other packing to be used to take up shocks. Such a packing is shown at g<1> interposed between the cone c<2> and shaft b<2>.
Patent GB-189904600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stitch Separating and Indenting Machines for use in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BERTRAND JOSEPH ELI
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 4600. Lake, H. H., [Bertrand, J. E.]. March 2. Ornamenting. -Relates to stitch separating and indenting machines. The feed-wheel 6, having a bevelled surface 9 of indiarubber, is rotated by the wbeel 7, and the part to be operated upon causes the rotation of the pricking-up wheel 13, fixed to the shaft 12 carried by the spring- pressed block 10, which may be raised or lowered by the levers 18,19. The wheel 13 comprises a hub a with longitudinal and radial grooves for the reception of spring blades b, bevelled and rounded off at their outer ends.
Patent GB-189905055-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hat Rack for Use in connection with Chairs and the like.
Inventor: LACEY HORACE HARRY
Filed: 1899-03-08
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 5055. Lacey, H. H. March 8. Hot and like racks and holders.-The rack is preferably bent from a piece of wire, but may be stamped from sheet metal or cast, and has three prongs or hooks c, c<1> to receive the brim of a hat and eyes e for screws which fit the rack to the roof &c. of a railway vehicle &c.
Patent GB-189905477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns for Burning Cement.
Inventor: KROTTNAURER PAUL OTTO VON
Filed: 1899-03-13
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 5477. Krottnaurer, P. O. von. March 13. Cement kilns.-The shaft is divided into an upper firing-portion a and a lower cooling-portion b, the latter being in the form of a basket composed of bars c and rings d', d<11>, d<111>. In the axis of the shaft is a water tubef connected above and below as shown with a reservoir h. The steam generated escapes by the pipe k and increases the draught. The kiln is charged through doors in the coned top p. The cooled charge is broken up by the cone m at the bottom. The firing may be effected by fuel mixed with the charge, or by lateral fireplaces.
Patent GB-189905619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Applicable to Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: SINGER FRANZ EMIL
Filed: 1899-03-15
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 5619. Singer, F. E. March 15. LeclanchÚ and like batteries.-Consists in preventing precipitates from being deposited upon the carbons by coating them with a layer of Portland cement which may be afterwards blackened.
Patent GB-189906707-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Pencil Holder and Fastener for Pocket Books and the like.
Inventor: ANDERSSEN ERNST WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 6707. Anderssen, E. W. March 28. Fastenings.-Fig. 2 shows a plan, and Fig. 3 an end view, of a fastening for books &c. The appliance consists of a spring clip b, b<1>, which is placed over the covers or leaves of a pocket book or the like. A pencil is held in the spirals c.
Patent GB-189907210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Regenerative Furnaces for Heating Gas Retorts or for analogous purposes, and in the Special Construction of Bricks to be Employed therein.
Inventor: BREARLEY JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1899-04-06
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 7210. Brearley, J. H. April 6. Bricks for furnaces. Relates to regenerative gas-producer furnaces for heating gas retorts, muffles, ovens, or kilns, or for other analogous purposes, and more especially to forms of brick for building the dividing-walls between the regenerative passages, and the channels for conducting the hot air to the combustion chamber. Each brick is formed with a V-shaped groove m<2> along the top face and a corresponding tongue m<1> along the bottom face. The ends are cut away so that adjacent bricks overlap as shown in Fig. 5. On each side is a continuous groove m<3> extending all round the brick to receive a rope or bead n of fireclay or other cement when the bricks are laid together. The arrangements of tongues and grooves may be variously modified. Thus, there may be two interlocking tongues and grooves to one continuous groove, or one of each on each brick. The channels for conducting the heated air over the roof of the gas-producer to the combustion chamber are made of curved bricks of U-shaped section as shown in Fig. 8, and these channels are contracted at their lower ends.
Patent GB-189910278-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Calliper Instrument for Measuring and Calculating Purposes.
Inventor: POWLES HENRY HANDLEY PRIDHAM
Filed: 1899-05-16
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 10,278. Powles, H. H. P. May 16. Calculating - apparatus; calliper gauges.-The callipers are arranged so that they will read the square, or proportionally to the square, of the linear distance between the points, so that calculations as to areas of circles and squares, the electrical resistance of a wire, &c. may be made by mere measurement. The piece E is pivoted at D to the frame B<1> carrying one jaw B, and upon it moves the slide F rigidly secured to the vernier arm G sliding on the leg A', the jaw A being upon this leg. The displacement of the vernier G' from zero point on the scale A<2> is proportional to the square of the distance between the jaws A, B. The jaws may be formed as semicircular pieces turning in the ends of the legs of the callipers.
Patent GB-189910416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: MENGARINI WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-17
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 10,416. Mengarini, W. May 17. Incandescent lamps.-Incandescence bodies, which conduct only after preliminary heating by adjacent wires, are connected in series and parallel with fixed resistances to form a balanced network, in which the heating-wires form transverse bridging connections, so that, when the incandescence bodies have been heated and are conveying their proper currents, no differences of potential exist at the ends of the heating-wires, and these receive no current ; but, when the incandescence bodies convey less than their proper currents, current passes through the heaters. With alternating currents the resistances may be inductive, and the incandescence bodies may be supplied from transformers, the primary coils of which form parts of the resistant net, and which may be placed in the. base of the lamp itself. A lamp is shown in Fig. 7 having two incandescing rods L and an interposed heating-wire wound on a refractory plate W. The terminals C are connected through two fixed resistances R with the rear ends of the rods L, the front ends of which are connected directly to the opposite terminals; the heating- wire is connected between the rear ends of the rods L. One of the rods L in this arrangement may be replaced by a third fixed resistance. In another modification, shown diagrammatically in Fig. 5, for alternating current, the lamp contains an iron core on which are two coils connected in parallel between the terminals C, with intermediate connections to the heater W and two incandescence bodies L.
Patent GB-189915711-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Automatically Stopping Trains.
Inventor: DEWHIRST GEORGE
Filed: 1899-08-01
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 15,711. Dewhirst, G. Aug. 1. Brakes.-An inclined block C' is mounted on the arms C<2> of a rocking shaft c3 on the permanent way, the arm c<5> on the shaft being connected to the ordinary signal-operating mechanism. When the ordinary signal is at ' line clear,' the block is lowered and inoperative, but when the signal is put to danger,' the block is raised into position to trip the weighted lever D on the engine, and so, through the connections e, e', to close the stop valve and apply the vacuum or other brakes. The shaft c<3> may have a counterweight C<3>, adapted to bring the block to the danger' or stopping position, and the arms C' may be jointed and supported by springs C', Fig. 4, to permit the operation of the signal in case the engine should have been stopped with the lever D resting on the block.
Patent GB-189920061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid-pressure Joints on Doors, Pipes, and the like.
Inventor: BLAIR DAVID ALEXANDER
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 20,061. Blair, D. A., Blair, J. B., and Baillie, R. Oct. 6. Butt and flange joints.-Relates to the jointing or bolting together of two metal flanges or faces round doors, pipes, or the like, whereby fluidpiessure joints may be readily made or disconnected by T or other headed bolts and nuts strung together and pivoted on a continuous wire or rod. In the flanged door shown in Fig. 1, the bolt-holes a are open at the side outwards, and the bolts b are pivoted on the rod or wire c, which is coupled or joined by the sliding link c<1> or by screwthreaded ends and nuts. The bolts are inserted sideways, and by turning them down after loosening the nuts the flange joint is broken.
Patent GB-189922860-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sketching Easel.
Inventor: ROBERTS HARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-11-16
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 22,860. Roberts, H. W. Nov. 16. Easels.-A sketching-easel comprises a supporting-rod H, a board A, the lower end of which is shaped so as to fit against the body of the artist, and an upper sketching-board D, connected to the rod H by means of a string loop E. The board A rests upon string, cord, webbing, or the like G, which passes round the artist's body and is attached to the rod H. An eye screwed into the rod H holds the board A in place.
Patent GB-189924586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Flushing Apparatus.
Inventor: MATTHEWSON GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-12-11
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 24,586. Matthewson, G. F. Dec. 11. Water-waste preventers.-Above a push - cock d by which the tipping- tank a is filled, a three-armed lever is pivoted at f. One arm g acts to open the valve when the empty and overbalanced tank rests -on a catch l<1> on the second arm k. The tank fills until it overbalances in the opposite direction, and .tilts into the position shown when the inlet valve closes. When, by the operation of a pull-chain attached to the third arm, the lever k is raised out of the way, the tank tilts. In a modification, the tank, when empty, raises a weighted arm attached to the valve.
Patent GB-190000891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathing for Buildings and other Structures.
Inventor: SYKES RAYMOND GILSON
Filed: 1900-01-15
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 891. Lake, H. H., [Sykes, R. G.]. Jan. 15. Lathing; ceilings; partitions; walls.--Relates to "expanded-metal" lathing or openwork sheets for use in the construction of fireproof buildings. The sheets are formed, preferably by rolling, with V-shaped channels or strips 2, 2<a>, inclined in opposite directions as shown in the sectional views in Figs. 4 and 5, taken on the lines w-w and z-z respectively. Fig. 2 shows a section taken on the line x-x, and Fig. 3 a section on the line y-y of Fig. 1. In a modification shown in Fig. 6, the connecting-strips a are twisted, and the channels d all open outwards.